(THE DAILY CALLER) Egypt’s new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday used his first speech at the United Nations to demand curbs on Western free speech rights and “an end to all forms of occupation of Arab lands.”

Morsi also used his U.S. speech to push his revolutionary mix of Islamic and progressive demands that Israel be stripped of its nuclear weapons, that other countries bring down Syria’s government, that oil-rich Arab countries transfer wealth to poor Arabs countries and Western countries transfer aid and technology to Egypt’s government and poverty-stricken population.

Much of his emphasis was on Israel. “My duty [is] to support our Palestinian brothers and sisters … [by] putting an end to all forms of occupation of Arab lands,” he said in the speech.

“I call for immediate, serious movement, as of now, to put an end to colonization, occupation and settlements and the alteration in the identity of occupied Jerusalem,” he said, not specifying whether he considered all of Israel, or only the West Bank, to be occupied territory.

According to Islamist ideas championed by Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, all territory conquered by Islamic armies since the 630s is considered Islamic in perpetuity. In his speech, Morsi called for a Palestinian state, but did not mention Israel, or suggest that Jews could have a government in the region.

So far, with Egypt still dependent on outside aid, Morsi has not moved to formally cancel Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel, despite periodic popular and political pressure.

The speech, which was aimed at Arabs and Egypt’s domestic audience of 82 million citizens, as well as Europeans and American progressives, marks the emergence of the revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood onto the international stage, after 84 years of proselytizing and recruiting. Morsi’s demands, which were delivered in both Islamic and politically progressive idiom, came only two months after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that Egypt’s military should end pressure on Egypt’s Islamist government.

“The United States supports the full transition to civilian rule with all that entails,” Clinton said in a public meeting with Morsi in July.

Since July, Morsi has cemented his power by replacing the military’s top generals with his own appointees.

In a Sept. 23 article in The New York Times, Morsi complimented Obama for “decisively and quickly” supporting Egypt’s Islamist and smaller secular parties.

However, Obama has distanced himself from Morsi. On Sept. 11, for example, Morsi’s government did little to stop a pro-jihad group of protesters from entering the U.S. Embassy and burning its American flag.

In July, White House officials said they planned a joint meeting of Morsi and Obama. In recent weeks, officials canceled it as the U.S. election drew closer.